Club-tailed Dragonfly vs Tigr

Gomphus vulgatissimus compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Club-tailed Dragonfly is Near Threatened while Tigr is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Club-tailed Dragonfly	Tigr
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Arthropoda (членистоногие)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Insecta (насекомые)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Odonata (Стрекозы)	Carnivora (хищные)
Family	Gomphidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Gomphus	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Gomphus vulgatissimus	Panthera tigris

Evolutionary Relationship

Club-tailed Dragonfly and Tigr share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (животные)

Conservation Status

Club-tailed Dragonfly

NT — Near Threatened

Tigr

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Club-tailed Dragonfly	Tigr
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Club-tailed Dragonfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Tigr

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Club-tailed Dragonfly

Club-tailed Dragonfly (Gomphus vulgatissimus) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.

Tigr

The largest wild cat on Earth, tigers can exceed 300 kg and inhabit forests from the Russian Far East to Southeast Asia. Solitary ambush predators with distinctive orange and black striped coats that provide camouflage in dappled light. Critically endangered, with fewer than 4,000 remaining in the wild due to poaching and deforestation.